Versailles is, par excellence, a VISUAL experience, and a biography of the palace's development should ideally be full of visual information to accompany the text. One day I hope the book might be republished together with scores of photos, (black-and-white, it doesn't matter!), so we can SEE all these enthralling figures, these kings and queens, these courtiers and artists, these ambassadors, lovers, and princes, and look at their fascinating faces as we read about them. As it stands, the book is very interesting; with the addition of a comprehensive collection of photographic references, it would become invaluable.